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Fix The Provinces and Rural Health to Make the Health Budget Work for All Statement by SECTION27 and RHAP 16 May 2013
On 15 May 2013 the Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, delivered his annual National Health budget and policy speech (here). The speech provides an opportunity for the Minister and his department to communicate progress they have made in delivering health services, the challenges they face and what they plan to do to advance the…
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SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign Concerned about the Shortages of Food at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
On 9 May 2013, SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) received disturbing reports about the shortages of food for patients at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.
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SECTION27 AND TAC WELCOME THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A MARKET INQUIRY INTO PRIVATE HEALTHCARE
SECTION27 and TAC welcome the announcement by Minister Ebrahim Patel that the Competition Commission will launch a market inquiry into the private healthcare sector in September 2013.
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Joint statement: Fochville Community Members and SECTION27: The powers of SGBs must not be abused to deny equal access to education!
On Thursday 9 May 2013 the Constitutional Court will hear the case of MEC for Education, Gauteng and others v Rivonia Primary School and others (“Rivonia case”). This case revolves around a dispute concerning the balance of power between the Gauteng Department of Education (“GDE”) and the School Governing Body (“SGB”). Central to the case…
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SECTION27 STATEMENT ON THE PROMULGATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE COMPETITION AMENDMENT ACT, 2009
SECTION27 welcomes the promulgation of section 6 of the Competition Amendment Act 1 of 2009 (“Amendment Act”) by proclamation published in the Government Gazette on Friday, 8 February 2013. The proclamation brings into force the provisions related to a market inquiry, which will come into force on 1 April 2013.
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SECTION27 Calls for Emergency Intervention to Address School Infrastructure in Limpopo
The Constitution says: “Everyone has the right to a basic education.” Every child the right to dignity and to be protected from neglect and or degradation. In January 2013 SECTION27, acting on behalf of the parents, the School Governing Body (SGB) and community and the Chief of Madobi village wrote to the Department of Basic…
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TAC AND SECTION27 DEMAND IMMEDIATE RELOCATION OF VILLAGE CLINIC, LUSIKISIKI
On 7 February 2013 TAC and SECTION27 visited the new Village Clinic after hearing terrible stories from patients and! health care workers at the clinic. What we found is a disgrace and violation of patients and workers rights. Read the report here.
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Press statement: Systematic Problems in Drug Supply Have to be Addressed Now to Avert Future Crisis
After responding to a drug distribution crisis at Mthatha medical depot between 7 December and 24 January, the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is handing all activities back to Eastern Cape health authorities. The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) will mobilize 25 volunteers to assist in the handover
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Press statement by Detention Justice Forum
The recent deaths of prisoners at Groenpunt and St Alban’s prisons raise serious concerns about the ability of the Department of Correctional Services to guarantee the safety of prisoners. The Groenpunt death is particularly worrying as officials are implicated in the death of the prisoner, after an assault witnessed by members of the press and…
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Joint Press Statement: Landmark judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court on the management of tuberculosis in prisons
Today, the Constitutional Court overturned a ruling of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the matter of Dudley Lee vs. the Minister of Correctional Services.
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Invitation – World AIDS Day Conference
Join us at the World AIDS Day Conference – 30 November 2012
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Invitation – Education Conference
Join us at the Education Conference: 14 – 15 November 2012
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COMMENT: SECTION27 WELCOMES THE LAUNCH OF THE INTEGRATED SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMME
SECTION27 welcomes the Integrated School Health Programme (ISHP), which was launched on 11 October 2012 and congratulates the Minister of Health as the ISHP has been identified as one of the components on NHI. An effective ISHP is also a vital intervention to prevent illness in children and improve educational outcomes.
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SECTION27’S RESPONSE TO ADVERTISEMENTS BY DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION INDICATING THAT TEXTBOOK LITIGATION “UNNECESSARY”
SECTION27 has read the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) “Response to the order of the North Gauteng High Court delivered on 4 October 2012 on the matter between SECTION27 et al and the Minister of Basic Education et al”, dated 5 October 2012 and published in several weekend newspapers.
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SECTION27 welcomes the report of the Presidential Task Team into the non-delivery of textbooks to Limpopo schools and calls for urgent implementation of recommendations.
SECTION27 welcomes the release yesterday of the report of the Presidential Task Team established to investigate non-delivery of textbooks to Limpopo schools. The report finds that the textbooks crisis arose from the failure of firstly, the Limpopo Department of Education and then the National Department of Basic Education (DBE) to procure and deliver CAPS textbooks.